A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

On the telephone, or on the air, man is in every sense discarnate, existing as an abstract image, a figure without a body.
“To Clare Boothe Luce, 5th April, 1979”, in Letters of Marshall McLuhan (1988), p 543
Quote #1516
Year: 1979
Chapter: Discarnate
Compiled by William Kuhns
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